Local police force: Sussex
Crime figures for CRDP area Brighton & Hove.
Population: 255,000
Number of households: 117,000

Recorded crime for six key offences

	2005-06	2006-07	% Change
Violence against the person	7,069	7,628	7.91
Sexual offences	402	330	-17.91
Robbery	378	404	6.88
Burglary of a dwelling	1,425	1,012	-28.98
Theft of a vehicle	903	806	-10.74
Theft from a vehicle	1,683	1,778	5.64

Reported crime per 1,000 population 2006-07

	Local	UK	Difference
Violence against the person	29.91	19.28	10.63
Sexual offences	1.29	1.06	0.23
Robbery	1.58	1.86	-0.28
Burglary of a dwelling	3.97	5.47	-1.5
Theft of a vehicle	3.16	3.61	-0.45
Theft from a vehicle	6.97	9.34	-2.37

Key

Graph: Red bar is local crime, black bar is national crime.

Crime & Disorder Reduction Partnership (CDRP): a partnership of police, local councils and other local agencies and organisations tackling crime and disorder in your local area.

The figures shown are a combination of police recorded crime figures and data collected by the British Crime Survey (BCS). All reports of incidents, whether from victims, witnesses or third parties, and whether crime-related or not, result in the registration of an incident report by the police. An incident is recorded as a crime if, on the balance of probability, the circumstances as reported amount to a crime defined by law and there is no credible evidence to the contrary.

Data from the Home Office © Crown Copyright 2007